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7 i an in 54 WATER ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. L9L1j2 "1 + Phone :(905) 985-6397 Fax : (905) 985-1410 pleted bv Se Citzen Publishing Lid. "THE $CUGOG CITIZEN weekly community newspaper, OCNA Member dependently owned and operated CONA Membre is distributed, free of charge, co-publishers : John B. McClelland, Valerie Ete | : editor ¢ John B. McClelland office manager : Sibylle Warren advertising manager : Valerie Ellis advertising sales rep : Thom Doran f reception : Janet Rankin to quer 13,500 homes and businesses din and around Seugog Township. Subscriptions sold ouside Scugog Te Bed production : Tanya Mappin, Liz Drebit CCNA Verificd Ci feature whtter Heather McCrae "Proud Canadians, prowd to call Scugog Township home." = i Let's Talk Taxes In the space of less than a week, the Canadian government was told by just about every important. domestic and international finance analyst to get it's house in order. Last, week, the Auditor General of Canada, the International Monetary Fund, the G:10 countrieg (The G-17 plus some European nations and Saudi Arabia) and the Fraser Institute got together to say to Pau] Martin: "you're doing O.K. but there's plenty of room for improvement." What's the problem? Well, it's a matter of planning. Paul Martin has committed his government to reduce the federal deficit to 3% of gross domestic product (the total year. A good start, but not-good enough, According to the IMF, "The eredibility of the government's economic policies would be strengthened by the adoption of a stronger medium-term consolidation program." In other words, the IMF thinks that investors and taxpayers alike would feel a lot better if the government had a plan beyond the 3% target goal. strategy should even go beyond a "medium-term" plan. "To date, discussions about fiscal policy have focused on deficit enough consideration to the larger question of how much debt we can sustain over the long haul, and how that fits within our view of taxation and the role of government." , Exactly how far in advance Canada should project its deficit elimination and debt repayment schedules may be a question for debate, but it's clear that just about everyone disagrees with Paul Martin's limited two-year design. Martin is right about one thing, however; setting goals is relatively easy, meeting them is a different story. As the AG points out: "From the mid 1970s to today, deficit- reduction plans have appeared in yirtually every budget, yet events have never unfolded as planned." How can Paul Martin put forward a long-term plan without the fear of failure? By using the right tools One of thosestools, and something that will be proposed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation during this year's pre-budget consultations, is a taxpayer protection amendment. A taxpayer protection law would force the government to balance it's budget within a specific time period. None of this, "well, we 'Will balance the budget, we just can't tell you when," nonsense. But it wouldn't just set out a schedule to eliminate the defioit and/or the debt. It would give government the inery and motivation to get the job done. Under hens i on legislation the feds would have to eliminate the deficit, and balance their budget every year thereafter. But they couldn't do it on the backs of taxpayers. Tax increases or the introduction of new taxes would require approval by thé people through a referendum. To make sure the timetable is met, any MP. or Senator who voted for a e violating the deficit/debt reduction strategy would face a reciprocal reduction in pay. A taxpayer prot t is the a to those like the IMF who are demanding longer-term goals than that which the Finance Minister is prepared to offer. It is also the mechanism which will force politiciang to meet these goals. Canadians would know when to expett a "0" deficit, have some sort of idea about the government's resolve to tackle the debt, and be given a virtual guarantee of the schedulg's success. How's that for a plan? (Let's Talk Taxes" is a feature service Yof: the Ontario Taxpayers Federation) tion q economic productivity of the country) by the 1996-97 fiscal | The Auditor General thinks a deficit/debt reduction' reduction and bajanced budgets. They have not given THINK THATS LUCIEN | DON'T -COSTUNE FOR YOU TO WEAR TO THE HALLOWEEN PART. A GOOD [ LETTERS To THE EDITOR Statements are alarming To the Editor: No matter which way the referendum in Quebec goes the * Anglophones and Allophones 'will pay for their supporting a unified Canada. The alarming statements by Bouchard and Parizeau makes one think about 'what happened in the early years _ of the Nazi regime. Even though* the United Nations has condemned Quebeq, for its discriminatory language laws they continue to enforce them. If they continue to drive out the . Anglos they can force separation. For the past 10 years Premier ' Peterson and Bob Rae have spent hundreds of millions to placate Quebec with the French Services Act ip Ontario (Bill 8). All for naught. The Separatigts themselves havé openly stated they could care less about French outside Quebec. Between Rae and Peterson they gave us about 60 tax increases. Why then are we continuing to spend billions outside Quebec when less than one percent of the population is uniligual : French speaking. Here is Durham Region we spend $35 million a year on French Immersion not incldding Core« Fre second language in North and South America is Spanish. Go to New York-Miami- Chicago-California and Mexico, not to mention most of South America. Quebec French is not allowed in movies exported to France as it is so poor. Even the Pasteur Clinic in France issues all its medical information in English. The world's second language is English spoken by over one billion people. It's the number: two taught in the world. Most and the are in English. Why then the billions' spent on frivolous French? A .dying language rated at 15th in world usage. Quebéc's newspaper La Presse will not honour its| agreement with the Toronto Star to publish letters printed in French from Ontario readers. They claim it contravenes Quebec laws. Censorship Quebec style! With health care being cut everywhere why doesn't some dedicated politician stand up and be counted by advocating cutting these grossly 'wasteful French services? Use the savings for our health care and other vital needs. Former Auditor General Dye said no one has been able to figure the costs of Bilingualism. Deputy Prime Minister Erik Neilsen said in the House of Commons "regulations and absurd laws regarding official _ bilingualism occupy some 35,000 bureaucrats and cost the nation some 30 billion annually" (Hansard). The 16 years of Mulroney and Trudea:: spending is enough to pay off most of the To the Editor: On November 20, Cartwright Youth Drop-In Centre will be celebrating its' 'grand opening. In order for youth and adult citizens to understand what the drop-in centre is all about we will be having an information meeting on 'Wednesday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. at the Cartwright High School cafeteria portable. Our objective is to offer youth someplace to congregate and enjoy themselves; playing a game, getting a book, studying, P starting a club, having ™y Federal debt. Instead of blaming Mike Harris ¥dr the cuts he has to make to keep us solvent blame the real villains, Peterson and Rae who spent like drunken sailors for the past 10 years. Rae was borrowing close to one billion dollars a month. e have an Ontario debt of clpge to $100 billion. The interest of) the debt is more than it cost to n the entire Government a lecade or so ago. The "Embarrass Harris" campaign is lead by. radical unionists and dissidents « on state handouts. Harris has no choice! Its getting our fiscal house in order or nobody will loan us money Simple as that! Save now or we'll all be in dire straights in the future. It's a choice -- cut French and wasteful spending or - give up health care and other vital services. The choice is simple. * Je'Me Souvien Dean J. Kelly, President Association of Dedicated Canadians (since 1967) Youth drop-in Centre a meeting, get some help with just about anything are just a few of the services we will be offering to our customers,the youth of Cartwright Township/Ward 1V. We need your input on what this centre could do for community. Come for & visit let's talk about this plan. For more information call Fred Ford at 986-0352 or Kathy McLaughlin at 986-5609. Yours truly Cartwright Youth Drop-In Centre ie Steering Committee